Caster for pianos and other uses.



A. B. DISS.

CASTER FOR PIANOS AND OTHER USES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. 1914.

1,160,583. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

5 g z is I M a I ALBERT 1B. DISSQOF NEWARK; NE-V. JERSEY; ASSIGNOR TO UNIVERSAL CAST-ER & FOUNDRY COMPANY,1OF, NEW YORK, N. 5. A CORPORATION OF NEW'JERSEY.

am res nates AND omiinn usEsQ To all whom it mayconcern:

Newark New Jersey a'citizen of the United States of America, manufacturer, have mvented certain new and-useful Improve" ments in Casters for Pian'os'and other' Uses,

of which the following is a specification, ac-

companied by drawings.

The principal object of the invention is to produce "an improved construction of bine economy of manufacture with great strength and thorough reliability and dura-' bility in use. The present improvement, in its-most 5 complete and preferred formywhich is f'de scribed in the present specification, pr'ovides a caster having these characteristics and of very simple constructioni Ithas a 7 is preferably larger where it bears within carrying plate that is screwed to the base of the piano or other furniture, surrounds] the pintle, and forms a journalbearing for Q the lower end of the pintle supported upon the jaws and'pintle of theicaster, preferably without interposed ball bearings. T The carryingplate has an upturned flange which extends inside of andloosely supports the pintle sleeve. The pintle sleeve'is a-hollow'] cylinder with its upper [end inturne'd and' downturned to I form asmooth unbroken upper bearing for the pintle, which is 'up set and enlarged'to forInaheadfor preventing the pintle dropping out of thef The sleeve'is formed frorn-ablank of strong sheet metahand the inturnedi upper end of the sleeve is a continuous iu'n broken collar around" the pintle, froni which J extend two downwardly-bent 'senii-cylindri-fl Sleeve.

cal sleeve members. Thesleeveis secured or confined loosely between thehead of'the pintle and the carrying "plate; anclwh'en it: is inserted in the hole bored in the furniture l to fit it and =the icarryingplate secured by; screws to the baseof, the furnitureythe carrying plate, sleeve, pintle and other parts 1 of the caster are secured to the furniture so that the caster will operate properly without requiring any rigid ortight connection l between the sleeve and the carryingplatep Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Application enem -13,1914. Serial No. 838,334.

which are considered 7 pianos. The lowerside ofthe enlargeinent 13 fornis a shoulder for securingthefjawsf 0r horn of the caster,-preferablywith an in terposed strengthening plate .15, as shown; The lower'end of the pintle e'Xtendsthrough thejawsand is upset and thereby riveted tightly to thepjaws, as shown at 16,. r 1

carrying: plate shown; Thecarryingplate 2O ted Nov. 16,1915:

1 This construction, therefore, permits a slight Beit known that I, A'nenirr-B.-D1ss, of

angular adjustment, of the sleeve in respect rate fit or in exactly right relation to the,

carrying plate. y I

Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a caster embodying the improvements in the best for-xnknown to me, secured in place beneath a body of wood, which maybe the base of a piano or other article to be supported, and which is shown in section; Fig.

2 is an elevational view of parts of the same, and partly in central vertical section; F 1g. 31s a top vlew of the'carrying' plate;

Figs. land-.5 are side view-and'bottom view I of the sleeve; and Fig. 6 isa view showing In the drawings, 10-1is thecasterjwheehf lithe 'casterjaws or horn of any suitable construction; and '12 the pintle. The, pintle the carryingplate 20 than at its upper portion where it bears within the sleeve 30,

when the'furniture and caster are raised.

Toward the lower'endythe pintle has an enlar'gement 13, providing-- an upper shoulder for supporting thecarrying late 20, preferably without interposed The constructionof the caster wheel, aws and pintle shown and described is only one of a variety of-forrns of these parts which may belemployed with the sleevejand cular and of sheet metal, and preferably corrugated to forin an annular channel or groove near its "periphery to strengthen it andgive to its exposed eXterior'a neat rounded shape,as 1s very usual in carrying all bearings, objectionable for I is preferably ch" 5 carrying plate While free to move in respect specification in the presence of two subscribto 1both, the caxl'lryilng plate hivirllg anand ing Witnesses this 12th day of May, 1914:. nu are roove W 1c receives t e ower en of the leeve, and means for directly secur- ALBERT D188 5 ing the carrying plate to the article to hev carried. y In testimony whereof I have; signed this Witnesses HARoLp BINNEY, A. Psoammem Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddres'sin'g the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

